Spoilers for Task episode 4 ahead! There will be a total of seven episodes in Task, so episode 4 carries the series just over the halfway mark. To make matters worse, the ending of Task episode 4 saw Tom discover footage of Robbie and Sam. Rotten Tomatoes Scores True Detective Season 1 92% Mare of Easttown 95% Task 95%Interestingly, Mare of Easttown comes from the same creator as Task. Task Has A Big Difference From HBO's Best Slow-Burn Crime ThrillersMark Ruffalo in HBO's TaskThough the effective slow-burn formula makes Task an easy comparison to True Detective and Mare of Easttown, there's an intriguing difference here.